Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/8] Convert some skb_<foo> functions to void

From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 13:32:30 -0700

On Mon, 2015-05-04 at 13:05 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:

quoted

unsigned char * return values are sometimes awkward to work with.
Changing the return to void * is sometimes clearer.

The only uses of the return type is to do sets like
    *skb_puts(skb, 1) = char;
    
Adding another function specifically for that purpose allows the return
type to become void.

Obviously, this shouldn't be applied as-is.

It spans too many subsystems and can be done
more incrementally.

Also, there are some missing conversions so
this won't compile properly (sorry 'bout that)

I have no fundamental issues with this series once you fix up those
issues.